Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-05-04
WASHINGTON GOSSIP.

In 1878 Guilford Miller settled upon
certain supposed Government lands in
Washington territory, which are nov
claimed by the Northern Pacific r. r. The
case has been brought to the notice of Pres
ident Cleveland, and in a letter to the Sec
rotary Of the Interior he proposes full pro
lection to the settler and allowing tho rail
road o a other lands within the limits
Of the indemnity reservation, leaving
Miller undisturbed. =
A considerable fund is available for
the water ways of Minnesota. For the inn
provement of the Mississippi between st.
Paul n Des Moines Rapids there is on
hand $3.50, 1856 There is available for the
reservoir at the headwaters of the Mississ-
ippi $4S,03S. Tn amount already spent in
this work is $5GS, 52l.3l. For the improve
ment OF the Red river there is $45,393.
There has been used 1922, 1887, and S9,362
is still required for completion. The st.
Croix river will be attended to with $7,4S4.
1t will require $4,000 to complete the chan
mel between Taylor's Falls and Saltwater.
river there is available S19,062. The amount
on hand for the harbor of Duluth is S56, 1913,
and Grand Marais harbor has S11,94O,,
There will be used on the improvement of
Agate bay S22, 4u9, and at the harbor Of Lake
City $4,000.
The following throws some light
upon a prominent feature of the Inter-
State commerce law: Washington, April
19.-To Sisters of st. Joseph, st. Louis, Mo:
Yours or the 18th, inst, requesting that the
railroad companies be authorized to give
you free transportation as they have been
accustomed to do, has been received and
considered, and the commission regrets
that it can make no order upon them for
your benefit. Thu railroad company must
determine for themselves what shall be
their policy in the granting Of favors to
persons engaged in religious works. The
statute in plain terms allows the giving of
reduced rates to ministers Of religion, and
II they are given on some general and i'm
partial rule, no question of its legality
could arise, and no railroad company could
have occasion to fear penalties. Very re-
specially yours, T. NJ. Cooley, chairman
Interstate commission.
James II. Mari, chief clerk of the
first assistant Postmaster General, the old
est clerk in point of service in the govern
ment employ, Is reported dying. He en-
tered the service under Andrew Jackson
and has seen twenty-six postmasters gen.
eral lnducted into Office, he himself admin-
istering the oath to all the latter ones e
cept Postmaster General Villas, aud his
failure to be called on on that OCCASIONS
AAS AANN Vi SAASO "ao VIhOA NY LII
greatly to heart. On the fiftieth anniver
sary of his appointment in 1881, he was pre-
sented a service of silver and congress adj
ded $500 O year to his salary, with the con
dition that this extra amount should be
paid so long as the present incumbent filed
tho office of chief clerk.
Commissioner Colman, of the agri-
cultural department has q telegram from
the department Inspector, notifying him
that pleuro-pneumonia prevails among
cattle at Goldbridge,. N, Y, and that for
some time diseased cattle have been
shipped from that locality to New York.
The commissioner has directed a thorough
investigation and has warned the owners of
cattle there not to ship any cattle until
further notice.
Assistant Secretary Maynard has in
formed the customs officers that imported
or reimported liquors withdrawn for con-
sumption after having been warehoused,
are subject to duty on the quantity entered
at the warehouse, and not on that ascer-
tanned or withdrawn for consumption.
John D. Buckley and Charles S.
Davis, of Wisconsin, Horace E. Warner,
Iowa, and Benjamin H. Gaines, of Ohio, ap-
pointed to 5000 clerkships in the Interior de-
partment under civil service rules. MIR.
Gaines was a long time private secretary
and stenographer to Speaker Keifer.
The redemption of the trade dollar
is nearly accomplished. The total number
sent to the different minis and SUBJ
treasurers was S4,5 500. 600, a much smaller
number than expected.